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Aiko Kawano

こうの あいこ

Kawano Aiko

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1922-10-08 (Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan)
死没
1989-08-09 66歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
tanka poet
活動期間
1947年〜1989年
所属
Araragi, Mirai Tanka Association (contributor to 'Mirai')
影響を受けた人物
Tsuchiya Fumio
影響を与えた人物
Sawako Nakagawa, Shiori Hoshoba

学歴

Hiroshima Jogakuin Junior & Senior High School
卒業年: 1947
国: Japan

受賞歴

Tanka Kenkyu Award
1982
対象作品: Lilyan no Kasakazari
主催: Tanka Kenkyu (editorial committee)
結果: winner
Gendai Tanka Female Prize
1983
対象作品: Kokura
主催: Gendai Tanka Selection Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Path Between the Trees

1955年 Tanka collection

Debut tanka collection exploring personal solitude and fragments of daily life with a metaphysical perspective.

solitudeeveryday lifeintrospection

In the Shade of Grass

1966年 Tanka collection

A mature collection showing sensory depictions and themes of fear and memory.

fearmemorysensation

Gyobunko

1972年 Tanka collection

A mid-career collection employing many metaphysical images, emphasizing sound and symbolism.

metaphysicssymbolismnature

Bird's Brow

1977年 Tanka collection

A collection featuring personal imagery and explorations of corporeality.

bodyimageryexistence

Kokura

1983年 Tanka collection

One of her later representative works, characterized by darker tones and exploration of existential contours; recipient of the Gendai Tanka Female Prize.

deathdarknessexistence

全著作

  • Path Between the Trees
  • In the Shade of Grass
  • Gendai (Collected Tanka)
  • Gyobunko
  • Bird's Brow
  • Collected Poems of Aiko Kawano
  • Kimonogyo
  • Moon and Scarf
  • Kokura
  • Night Flows
  • In the Light

作風・主題

文体
metaphysical stylecondensed imagerysharp observation
頻出モチーフ
solitudehairwaterdeath

評価・遺産

Regarded as one of the representative postwar female tanka poets; her metaphysical and incisive sensibility influenced later women poets. A Kawano Aiko Prize was established in her name.

引用

  • For the one person: a moment to open a parasol on the bed and be soothed.
    出典: Path Between the Trees (1955年)

豆知識

  • Born into a military family.
  • Joined Araragi in 1947 and studied under Tsuchiya Fumio.
  • Participated in the founding of the magazine 'Mirai' and was active as a leading female tanka poet there.